Hair-curler



.(No Model.)

` J. TL STANSB'URY.

HAIR GURLBR. No. 372,092.

Patented Oct. 25, 1887.

INVENTOR l BY y ATTORNEYS.

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JOHN T. STASBURY, OF ELKHART, INDIANA.

HAIR-CURLER.

'SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,092, dated @archer25, 1867.

Application sied April 12, i887.

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, J oHN T. SrANsBURY, of El l hart,in the county ofElkhart and State of Y Indiana, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Hair-Curlers, of which the followingis a full, clear, andeXact description.

This invention consists in a hand tool or device for curling or frizzingthe hair autornatically, and in which a heating iron or core 1s combinedwith an outer curling shell or sheath provided with means for takinghold of the hair, and adapted to revolve about its longitudinal axis,and with a spring and endisengaging mechanism, whereby the curling shellor sheath may bewound up and held under tension by the spring, and,after the tool has been made to grip the hair, the lock on the spring beliberated to permit of the rapid rotation of the sheath under the actionof the spring, and thereby caused to automatically curl the hair.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents an exterior longitudi-4 nal view of an automaticcurling iron or tool embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsection of the same with the opening and closing hair-holding device inits open position. Fig. 3 is an end view of a ferrule used on the tool,showing certain ratchet and clutch devices within it for controlling themotion of the curling shell, sheath, or sleeve, said view being taken aslooking ,forward relatively to the line x w in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an endview looking backward from said line. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectionshowing a modified construction of the tool; and Fig. 6 is a transversesection of the same in'part, upon the line'y y in Fig. 5,with the lid orcover of the box which the shell removed.

teferring in the first instance to Figsg'l, 2, 3, and 4 of the drawings,Ais the heatingiron or core of the curler, and B the handle of the tool,to which said core in its rear is attached. Saidhandle B may be of woodor any other suitable material and of any desired construction, with alongitudinal chamber, b, in its forward portion for the reception of 'aspiral spring, C, arranged around the entering Serial No. 234,511. (Nomodel.)

portion of the core within the handle. This spring C is attached at itsrear end, as at c, to the shank portion of the core A, and at itsforward end to a clutch piece or head, D,pro vided with one or moreengaging teeth or projections, don its outer face. lThis clutch piece orhead D is free to revolve around the core A within the chamber b of thehandle, and, by a retaining-flange on its outer face, to rotate againstor upon the marginal portion of the forward portion of vsaid chamber andwithin the front end of a ferrule, e, secured upon thc forward end ofthe handle B.

E is the 'revolving curling shell or sheath, arranged to encircle theheating iron or core A in front of the handle B. rIhe core Ais reducedor pointed at its forward end, so as to enter and have a bearing withina recess in the inner face of the outer end of the shell E, to steadythe shell in its rotation around the core and to prevent contact of thesides of the heating iron or core A with the inner walls of the shell E,whereby friction of the rotating shell will be reduced,and the hairbeing curled upon and by said shell will be kept from be ing burned bythe heat as derived from the core A, which, before inserting it withinthe shell, is heated tothe required degree to effect .the curling.

The shell or sleeve E has pivoted to it, as at f, a clamping bar orstrip, G, provided with a rear finger-piece, g, and controlled by aspring, h, which serves to keep the clampingbar G down upon the shell Eand to pinch or hold the hair to be curled in between it and the shell,the finger being pressed upon the piece g when required to open theclamp to receive the hair between it and the shell or to release thehair after being curled. Such a hair clamp or clamping bar G, which inits transverse section conforms to the rotundity of the curlingshell, Iam aware has before been applied directly to the heating-iron of acurler, but not, that I am aware of, to a rotata ble curling shell orsleeve which receives au independent heating-iron within it.

Soldered or otherwise made fast upon the back end of the curling shellor sleeve E within a loose cylinder or outer ferrule, H, is aratchet-wheel, I, provided with a series of indentations formed byprojections d on its inner face, with which the teeth or projections don the clutch piece or head D are adapted to engage. This makes theratchet-wheel I virtually form the other head of the clutch.

The cylinder or outer ferrule, H, is fitted loose upon theinner endofthe curling-shell E, which admits of said end of said shell, with itsattached ratchet-wheel I, rotating within it asa bearing. This cylinderor ferrule H fits snugly but freely over the ferrule e ofthe handle, andis provided with a bayonet locking notch or Slot, k, for a button orstud, Z, on the ferrule e to engage with when the several parts of' thecurler are in place; or the ferrules e and H may be otherwisedetachablyconnected. Iivoted to said eylinderor ferrule H, as atm, is aspring finger-piece or trigger, J, which in its normal position, ascontrolled by its spring a, engages with the ratchet-wheel I.

Supposing the parts to be in the position shown in Fig. l, then, byholding on to the shell or revolving part ot` the curler with the 011ehand and turning the handle portion of the implement by the otherhand,and manipulating these two leading parts so as to disengage thef'errule I-I from the ferrulc e, and drawing ont the heating iron orcore A from the shell or sleeve E, said iron or core may be placed inthe fire or otherwise heated to the required degree, after which it isreplaced within the shell or sleeve and the lock re-established betweenthe ferrules H and e, which again puts the parts into the position shownin Fig. 1. The implement is then ready for use. The curlcr or its springC is then wound up, which may be done either by rotating the shell partE in a suitable direction or the handle portion B,with its attachedheated core, in a reverse direction, or by both movements combined. Theclamp Gis then opened, as shown in Fig. 2, by pressing on the fingerpiece g, to receive the hair to be curled between it and thecurling-shell, and so that on releasing the linger from the piece `r/the clamp G will close and hold the hair. After this the spring catch ortrigger J is touched or moved to release its hold upon the ratchet-wheelI, which will liberate the free end ofthe spring C, connected throughthe rotatable clutch-head D with the ratchet-wheel, which in its turn isattached to the shell or sleeve E, whereby said curlingsleeve will berapidly rotated with the unwinding ofthe springand automatically wind upthe hair free from that trouble and annoy- -ance which attaches totheuse of other curlers.

The invention is not restricted to any particular shape in theconstruction ofthe cnrler and frizzer, nor yet to any particularmaterials of which its different parts are composed; and the form orarrangement of the spring and the means used for connecting' the springwith the curling-shell and for liberating it, as well as the means forclamping the hair upon said shell, maybevarionsly modified withoutchanging the characteristic feature or features of my invention.

Figs. 5 and 6 show a coiled spring as used -cnrling instead of a spiralone, as hereinbefore described; but the principle ot' action is thcsame. In these Figs. 5 and 6, S indicates a spring barrelor cylindersimilar to the spring barrel or cylinder of a watch and large enough tocontain a coiled spring, C', ot' sufficient length and strength toperform the duty required of it. This spring C' is attached at its oneend to a center piece, D', which may be shaped like the Spud-conc ofalatlie, the attachment being made, for instance, by a small pin on thecenter piece fitting a hole in the inner end of the spring. The other orouter end of the coiled spring C' is riveted or otherwise suitablyattached to the inner circumferential portion of the barrel or cylinderS. The curling-shell E is made to screw into the center piece, D', andhas a collar at the outer termination of the screw-thread on it for thepurpose of holding the cap of the spring-barrel S in position. The backofthe spring box or barrel S is provided with au externallyprojectingcollar, s, having suitably -formed apertures a a in and around itssides'. Upon the ferrule c of the handle is a spring, b, the free end ofwhich passes through an aperture in said ferrule and engages with theapertured portions a as a pawl does with a ratchet. This spring-catch bforms the connection between the handle of the tool that carries theheating-iron A and the curlingshell E. The back or inner end of thecenter piece, D', passes through the collar on the spring-barrel S, andis constructed to form a ratchet, c, with which a small sliding rod, d',pressed outward by a spring, e', and drawn back byat-humbpieee, j",engages. This rod d', with the spring e at its back, serves to hold theratchet c during the winding up of the spring C. After winding up saidspring C', which may be done by suitably turning the box or barrel S,the thumb-piecef, which has its connection through a slot in the ferrulce, is drawn back, which releases the rod or catch d from the ratchet c',when the curling-shell E will, by the uuwinding of the spring C', berapidly rotated to curl the hair, as hercinbefore described.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent-- l. In a hair-curling implement, thecombination, with a detachable heating iron or core having an attachedhandle, of a rotatable curling shell or sleeve arranged to receive theheating iron or core within it, a winding and unwinding springconnecting said handleandl core with said curling shell or sleeve, meansfor clamping the hair on said shell, and means adapted to hold andrelease the shell subject to the action of said spring, substantially asspecified.

2. In a hair-curling implement, the combination, with the detachableheatingiron or core having an attached handle, and the rotatable shellor sleeve adapted to receive the ICO IIO

heating iron or core within it, of a hair-clamping bar pivoted to saidshell and adapted to rotate in common with said shell about vor aroundthe-heating iron or core, essentially as described.

3. In a hair-curling implement or frizzer, the 'combination of thedetachable heating iron or core A with its attached handle B, therotatable curling shell or sleeve E, the hairclamping bar G, pivoted tosaid shell and provided With a thumb-piece, g, and a spring closing saidbar upon the shell, the spiral spring C, a rotatable ratcheticonnectionbetween the free end of said spring and the curling-shell, and a movablefinger-piece or trigger applied to the handle portion of the implementand adapted to engageand disengage With and from the ratchet,substantially as shown and described.

4. The combination of the detachable lieat ing iron or core A, having anattached handle, B, provided with a longitudinal chamber, b, the spiralspring C, secured at its one end to said handle and core portion A B,the clutch piece or head D, having the free end of said spring securedto it, the handle-ferrule e, the

JOHN T. STANSBURY.

Witnesses:

J oHN ZIEsEL, F. A. BUnscHER.

